| ▲ | uberex 6 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
45 is the cool temp so they could send the community a higher temp water to their heat exchanger? Then 45 or below is sent back on the return. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | matt-p 5 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Yes, but the heat will still likely need boosting by about a further 10 degrees either at the source or end user. DC inlet is 45°C, outlet is 55°C assuming a 10°C ΔT. By the time that's travelled 500m–1km through pipework you've lost a few degrees, so you're arriving at the HIU at maybe 50–52°C. The home radiator circuit then takes that down by around say 12°C, returning ~38°C. Factor in pipe losses on the return leg and you're back at the data centre with maybe 35°C inlet rather than 45°C — meaning the DC output is now only 45°C rather than 55°C, and the whole system gradually degrades each cycle. You could address this by mixing some hot output back into the return to keep the DC inlet stable at 45°C, but eh. | |||||||||||||||||
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